11 December 2013 (Wednesday)

This was the last class of the Fall Quarter: the class will take a break until Winter Quarter, starting again on Wednesday, 15 January.

Because it was the end of the quarter and a few students had already left Seattle, some regular attendees didn't show up. But we still had a group of seven.

We talked first about the students' plans for traveling over the break/holidays. Quite a few students were going back to their home countries for a visit.

The first song we listened to was "Black & Yellow" (video, lyrics, song info) by Wiz Khalifa (info). Yes, the student who loves Wiz Khalifa was in class today! 

However, I don't remember now as I am writing this blog post why he chose "Black & Yellow", sorry. In fact, I was very lazy over the holidays and am writing these notes more than three weeks after the class so I can't remember a lot of the explanations for the songs anymore; I'll just write out which songs we listened to...

Next was "Under The Winter Sky" (video with lyrics poorly translated into English) by Mintjam (website).

Then "One Love" (video with lyrics, song info) by Bob Marley (info).

Then "Same Love" (video, lyrics, song info) by Macklemore (info).

Then "Born This Way" (video, lyrics, song info) by Lady Gaga (info).

Then I suggested a song for all the people who like Smashing Pumpkins (info): "Lazy Eye" (video, lyrics, song info) by Silversun Pickups (info).

The last song of the day -- and the Quarter -- was "Within Attraction" (video) by Yanni (info) (we watched the violin duel from 3:50).


And with that the class and the Quarter was over. I look forward to seeing everyone -- and some new students! -- in January!